Initial consonant blends (beginning) and final
(ending) consonant blends appear throughout these
lessons. Blends are consonants whose “sounds blends
together”. In other words, each letter within the
blend is pronounced individually, but quickly,
so they “blend” together.

Read these words:

-st

-sk

-sp

-nd

-nt

best

ask

clasp

and

different

fast

desk

crisp

band

important

just

disk

cusp

blend

parent

last

dusk

gasp

end

plant

lost

husk

grasp

find

president

must

mask

lisp

kind

student

rest

risk

wasp

land

want

trust

task

wisp

stand

went

-nk

-mp

-rd

-ld

-lp

bank

camp

afford

child

gulp

drink

damp

bird

cold

help

junk

dump

card

fold

kelp

pink

jump

discard

gold

palp

sink

lamp

hard

held

pulp

shrink

pump

record

hold

scalp

thank

stamp

word

old

whelp

think

swamp

yard

wild

yelp

-rk

-lt

-lf

-pt

-ft

-ct

ark

adult

calf

accept

craft

act

clerk

belt

half

adopt

drift

direct

irk

difficult

elf

attempt

gift

expect

jerk

fault

golf

crept

left

fact

lurk

melt

gulf

except

lift

object

park

result

self

kept

raft

project

smirk

salt

shelf

slept

soft

respect

work

tilt

wolf

unkempt

waft

tract

* The "l" in calf and half is silent.

1. Work with your assistant and create a few oral
sentences. Include as many words as possible from
the list above in each sentence.

2. Circle all the words you used in your oral
sentences.

3. Did your sentences tell about something or
ask about something?

Read these sentences.

Is it best to ask for help if the task is
too hard?

Grasp the stand behind you and lift it onto
the desk.

I think I’ll discard this lamp and dump it
at the junkyard.

I will accept all the stamps except the one cut
in half.

Does the studentknow all the consonant blends?

Please stand and show respect for our president.

The kind child left her soft pillow on the
aircraft.

The accident wasn't
my fault but the
result was
tragic.

Is it difficult for a speech therapist to correct a lisp?

Is that a wolf chasing
the calf on the golf course?

If the jerk smirks at the clerk, it will irk him.

Create two sentences. Include one or more words
that end with –st,
–sk, –sp,
–nd, –nt,
–nk, –mp,
–rd, –ld,
–lp, –rk, –lt,
–lf, –pt,
–ft, –ct in
each sentence. Remember all sentences begin with
a capital letter and end with
a period (.), question mark (?),
or exclamation point (!). Do not
mix upper and lowercase letters.

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Please illustrate your sentence in the space below
or on the back of your paper.